2010 Regeneration Tour

zane12 Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:30 pm

I would like to see these bands perform:

The Blow Monkeys (Reunited as of last year).
Scritti Politti (Not the original line-up, but Green still records under that name)
Paddy McAloon/Prefab Sprout (New record out this fall. Doubt American audiences are familiar with this band)
Johnny Hates Jazz

Wow! What a line-up! sunny

murph Thu Jul 09, 2009 8:24 am

With all due respect and he has earned it-calling Joe Jackson a bit crumudgeonly is like calling Rick a bit of a Yankees fan!

Todster2@aol.com Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:19 pm

What does crumudgeononly mean? Have you ever heard of the Regeneration Tour ever having soft rock groups? I would have considered Tommy Tutone soft rock...

VegasDJ Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:53 pm

I know you already responded regarding some of the acts I'm about to mention, but I'm mentioning them just the same...

Thompson Twins (only if it includes Tom, Alannah, and Joe. Nobody separately)
Bananarama
The Untouchables
OMD
Men At Work
Tears For Fears
The Fixx
The Fun Boy Three
Squeeze
Josie Cotton
Bad Manners
Trio
Wide Boy Awake
Madness
The Alarm

VegasDJ Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:47 am

I almost can't believe I forgot to suggest Big Audio Dynamite, the Payola$, and the Plimsouls!

VegasDJ Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:54 am

murph wrote:With all due respect and he has earned it-calling Joe Jackson a bit crumudgeonly is like calling Rick a bit of a Yankees fan!

With all due respect - and he too has earned it - if Rick has had dealings with Joe, and says he's a bit curmudgeonly, he probably knows of what he speaks. Some artists are like that. Some just aren't all happy and smiley all the time. David Byrne? Elvis Costello?

VegasDJ Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:11 am

Admin wrote:Simple Minds - Will not play on an 80's bill as they consider themselve's to be "current" as they never went away and have made records throughout the years. Also, they still want to tour like they are at the top of the charts here, I tried putting together a headline tour for this fall for them, got great offers especially considering the numbers they drew on their last headline tour in the U.S. though there were not as many offers as they wanted, some promoters had lost too much with them a few years back and would not make an offer for them again. In the end they said they could not afford to do the shows I was setting up as they needed seperate buses for band and crew, 5 star hotels, business/1st class flights, etc. when what they really needed to do here to build themselves back up was to tour cheaply, do small venues, sell them out and create a buzz. Unfortunately we decided to part ways about a week ago so they could have another agency try and get them more money! Unfortunate.... I do love them and wish I could convince them to do whatever it takes to get back to the states but after 30 years thye are too set in their ways.

Seems to me Jimbo and the boys could use a reality check! I'm sure their current stuff sounds fine, but I haven't heard anything from them since 1987, when I bought a copy of "Live In The City Of Light" (which I still listen to and love).

If they were still selling out stadia and arenas like U2 and Duran Duran, it would be one thing, but ABC, The Human League, and other Regeneration Tour acts are regularly producing new material, but thank goodness have not been so full of themselves that they ignore their American fans. I think we might have contributed almost as much to their success as their UK fans.

Kiril28 Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:40 am

jawkneekat wrote:JAPAN
ROXY MUSIC
ULTRAVOX

A dozen or so shows worldwide, larger venues, inevitably expensive tickets

WHAT'S YOUR DREAM REGENERATION TOUR?

I would Love to see Billy Idol, Sandra, Kim Wilde, Samantha Fox

Todster2@aol.com Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:18 pm

Doews anyone know what has happened to ELO?

VegasDJ Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:33 am

Todster2@aol.com wrote:Doews anyone know what has happened to ELO?

LMBO

jpw2525 Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:00 pm

As it looks like a fall tour is not in the cards, I keep hope alive for a Regeneration Tour 2010. How may it look:

REGENERATION TOUR 2010

Kajagoogoo with Limal
Heaven 17
Men Without Hats
Dead or Alive
China Crisis

Alternatives: Alphaville, Go West, Kim Wilde, Altered Images, Visage

Best of luck Rick, I hope you try this again!

Admin Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:21 pm

jpw2525 wrote:As it looks like a fall tour is not in the cards, I keep hope alive for a Regeneration Tour 2010. How may it look:

REGENERATION TOUR 2010

Kajagoogoo with Limal
Heaven 17
Men Without Hats
Dead or Alive
China Crisis

Alternatives: Alphaville, Go West, Kim Wilde, Altered Images, Visage

Best of luck Rick, I hope you try this again!

Hi! Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I'm having a real hard time coming up with a lineup for 2010 that will inspire promoters to purchase the show and fans to buy tickets. We've bandied about lots of names and all are great middle acts... Kajagoogoo, Alphaville, China Crisis, are all still alive in our minds but all the others you mentioned I'd not hold my breath on. i had a great conversation with Mike Peters of The Alarm a week ago after running into him in September here. He'd love to do it and i can envision putting together a more rock-oriented show around them rather than the more new wave-y ones of past but I'm still stuck trying to put a strong bill around them. The problem is finding acts of that era who have not been playing around the states on a regular basis or preferably someone who has not toured in a decade or two. I'd love to have a line-up together before Christmas.

Rick

jpw2525 Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:16 pm

Any chance OMD would consider being a headliner. I think OMD & Kaja together with some support from China Crisis & Alphaville would be an exiting bill for fans of the era (none of the 4 have played the US in years), not sure about promoters. Thanks for considering doing this again, hope it can come together - jpw

jpw2525 Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:10 am

also.
I love Mike Peters, having seen him solo and with the Alarm - I would have to say that a New Wave Rock tour may be a really good idea.
could include any of the following:

The Alarm/Mike Peters
Spear of Destiny/Kirk Brandon
Flesh For Lulu
Gene Loves Jezebel (Jay Ashton & original members version)
The Cult
Mission UK
Stray Cats
The Damned/Captain Sensible
Dead Men Walking
Midnight Oil
Mission Of Burma
Wall of Voodoo/Stan Ridgway
Pere Ubu
Devo

VegasDJ Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:26 am

If China Crisis and The Alarm were willing to do the show, that would be awesome! Unless I missed it, I didn't read if OMD was a possibility or not. I saw the post where Rick said they were going to be touring this fall, but if they came to Las Vegas, I didn't hear about it. Did they tour?

Any word at all from Tom Bailey?

violator Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:28 pm

i'd love to see:

dead or alive
howard jones
bananarama
thompson twins
omd

i got to see most of last years show from the balcony at a friends condo.

we watched the pride parade and then the bands on the wellesley stage. it was weird to watch from so high up but we had a blast. abc were fantastic.

violator Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:29 pm

VegasDJ wrote: Unless I missed it, I didn't read if OMD was a possibility or not. I saw the post where Rick said they were going to be touring this fall, but if they came to Las Vegas, I didn't hear about it. Did they tour?

sadly, OMD did not tour in north america last year.

Hwyman Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:58 pm

I won't rehash what's already been mentioned, but how about:

LEVEL 42 (my first choice)
THE CALL
THE PRODUCERS
MIDNIGHT OIL
DRAMARAMA

smokeyjav Wed Mar 03, 2010 2:30 pm

Last summers Los Angeles Tour was AWESOME! I can't wait for 2010's summer tour. Here are some suggestions for bands in the future. Hopefully near future.
Gary Numan
Bow Wow Wow
Love & Rockets (Daniel Ash is awesome)
Josie Cotton

The wife and I have tickets for both A-HA shows in L.A. CAN'T WAIT!
Frank bounce

tony609 Wed Mar 10, 2010 1:13 pm

I didn't read through all the posts but my ideas for 2010 would be

Thompson Twins
Kim Wilde
Kajagoogoo
Level 42
Sheena Easton
Dead or Alive
Howard jones

And Please Come to Dallas TX area this year!!! We missed youlast year ..we have so many great venues Nokis,American Airlines,Superpages.com...and many many more

Chrismo Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:34 am

I've been keeping my fingers crossed for any news regarding a 2010 tour.

I'm praying that Go West, Roxette, and The Outfield get included on this tour and that it comes through Hampton Roads, Virginia.

*still crossing fingers*

waverdan Thu May 13, 2010 12:50 pm

Alphaville....please!

and any combination of:

the Human League, once again
Flock of Seagulls, again
Ultravox
Visage
Kajagoogoo
Devo
ABC, again
Men Without Hats
Psychedlic Furs
Madness
Icicle Works

Please come to Atlanta and/or Charlotte.

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